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COPS headed out and met with all the teams for dinner in Ponca City and discussed the upcoming evening. Chalice is a very large site covering 4 square miles and containing over 50 abandoned buildings. The task ahead was daunting to say the least. After dinner, all the teams headed out to the school located about 22 miles north of Ponca City and drove down the long stretch of forgotten road to the secluded campus.

After gathering all the necessary equipment the teams set up base control in the cafeteria basement located centrally in the campus. It was here that the teams would meet up every hour during the rotation to discuss any anomalies or experiences they had encountered while there. Each team spent a total of one hour in a building and would rotate to allow every team a chance to investigate the designated buildings.

COPS's first building was women's dorm #4. A two-story structure with a basement, the building was relatively small and easy to knock out in the first hour. COPS entered with the assistance of Alison guiding everyone in the dorm. A sweep was made through the basement, 1st floor, and 2nd floor. Afterwards, COPS performed a first sit-down in the common room on the first level. No noticeable experiences occurred except for a mist appearing on video. When the mist was recorded Russell and Allison both noticed a white mist appear in the middle of the room and fade out.

COPS then moved into the basement and conducted standard IRCs. Towards the end of the basement sit-down several noises were heard coming from the stairwell in correlation with questions being asked. Upon further inspection, Russell found the noises to be caused from a draft blowing under a piece of metal bolted in place of a door window.

The team then headed to the second story and asked several questions followed by a knock test. Because of the wind blowing that night, many noises were discounted as paranormal sources. At this point in the investigation the hour was up and COPS reconvened with the rest of the teams in the cafeteria basement.

After a quick 15 minute break, COPS was led into Luepp Hall located adjacent from the women's dorm #4. Luepp hall was probably the main school building on campus due to its location on the main road and the age of the building itself. It is two levels with a basement, but more complex in terms of the layout of the building. Without a map or sense of the building, it is easy to get lost once inside. This building was in further disrepair than the previous but structurally sound save for the front staircase. Because of this, entry to the second floor is gained from an external set of stairs located on the posterior of the building. Entry to the basement is by a ladder leading down the non-working elevator shaft. Because of safety reasons, COPS did not enter the basement level on this investigation.

Because of the size of Luepp Hall COPS went directly into IRC's once the equipment was set up in the main room on the first floor. Two voice recorders were set in the middle of the room while all the members stood in the perimeter. Russell asked the majority of the questions and performed the knock test. Not far into the IRCs, all the team members began hearing noises inside the room emitting from a pile of debris. The noises appeared to be that of someone walking through the debris. Shortly after the team headed into the generator room.

The generator room is accessed by one of two ways: the inoperative elevator or a rusty spiral staircase. After the team cautiously climbed the spiral staircase, equipment was set up around the room and a recorder was set. Several questions were asked with a knock test, but no obvious anomalies were noted.

The team then headed into the rest of the second story through the use of the exterior stairs. Once inside video and audio was run in the main hallway. This area appeared to house classrooms, specifically science oriented classrooms due to the water lines and electric outlets located in the middle of the rooms. No anomalies were noted visually and none of the team members noted anything sound-wise.

Chilocco Indian School is a wonderful place with a lot of history. COPS enjoyed the chance to investigate and would like to thank NORIP for hosting the OPU investigation as well as allowing the wonderful teams in OPU a chance to investigate this location.